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The Ladies

Khaela Maricich posted a hand-puppet interview on her blog, The Touch Me Feeling. In the video, the puppets represent two of The Blow’s songs, and the unidentified interviewer is obviously Khaela herself. I must admit, that for all that I claim to be a rabid fan, I obviously haven’t been keeping up with her blog well enough, or I would have known that Jona left The Blow when it happened rather then months later. From what I’ve seen on The Blow’s myspace page and Khaela’s blog itself, it seems like (unsurprising) the path the band will take is up in the air (although I don’t doubt continued awesomeness from her).

Hock It and Hey Boy

I’m posting this as a trackback rather then just a comment because I was certain that I’d ramble on in classic LJ-style, and probably talk more about myself then the video that I meant to write about. Also it seems rude to me to post a comment on an artist’s site pondering what’s going through their head as they create something.

I guess that I really just want to encourage Khaela (there were no comments on her last blog post, despite my best intentions to comment with something). I want to do something more then commenting on The Blow’s myspace page saying that I’m super excited to see them/her in Boston next month, but I don’t want it say something like “Your next album should be a folk album (like you want to make) about the time between when things happening, like how you’re between having Jona in the band and creating new songs”, because that just sounds lame. I buy all of The Blow’s albums that I can get my hands on and I try to go to at least one show everytime The Blow is playing somewhere in New England, so I’m already providing my financial support.

I’d offer my tech support (in the unlikely case that Khaela needs it) because that’s really the only marketable and useful skill I have, but I’m unsure how to do that with without seeming stalker-ish (resume available on request!). I suppose I could help with things like *cough* getting videos on youtube so they get more exposure. But instead I (sortof) just end up here, offering my “support” in the form of a drawn out and poorly written post on an oft-neglected blog.

As my AIM profile has said for quite some time, The Blow is still the best band ever.

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The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players

I was reading up on the band King Missile [wikipedia], now known as King Missile III, and saw that Wikipedia said “Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players member, Rachel Trachtenburg, has served a subsitute bass guitar player for King Missile.” The group name Trachenberg Family Slideshow Players was enough to pique my interest. As the name implied, the group consists of the Trachtenberg family: Jason Trachtenburg, his wife Tina Pina Trachtenburg and their daughter Rachel Pina Trachtenburg (yes, it’s the 13 year old daughter who’s played for King Missile). They perform to a series of slides that they collected from “estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores, etc.” but I think Eugene Mirman sums them up best:

I think the Trachtenburgs are basically like a really fun Batman, where it’s sort of like revenge against not fun, i.e. it’s very fun.

You can get an idea of what their performances look and sound like on youtube, but here’s one of their catchier videos for a song called Mountain Trip to Japan, 1959:

They look like they would be wicked awesome live, so I’ve added them to the list of bands that I check periodically for local regional shows.

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Rumor: DRM-free iTunes this week

Gizmodo is reporting that DRM-free tracks from EMI could be hitting the virtual shelves this week. This got me excited because I had been looking forward to an easy way to actually pay for music online without having all sorts of restrictions on what I do with this music when I get it. I started to wonder however, if there were any artists on EMI that I actually care about. I managed to find a list and there are quite a few artists that I had been listening to:

  • Lily Allen
  • The Beastie Boys
  • Blur
  • Depeche Mode
  • Duran Duran
  • Fischerspooner
  • Goldfrapp
  • Kelis
  • Lenny Kravitz
  • The Magic Numbers
  • OK Go
  • Liz Phair
  • Iggy Pop
  • Moby

Most of these are artists that I had been listening to for a while, or that I picked up by listening to Pig Radio, which I can not recommend highly enough if you like Indie Rock, Techno and Electro Pop. The only exception is Lily Allen, who I had heard on Pig Radio, but didn’t really become interested in until Karl. played a few of her tracks over some EVE one afternoon.

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Pile of Gold music video

A few months ago, Khaela Maricich of The Blow posted a video to youtube asking for video submisissions for the song Pile of Gold. Shortly thereafter, she ran into some difficulty and apparently has yet to complete the project. I, with my filthy little paws on a computer with Final Cut Express, went to work putting together a quick and dirty compilation like Khaela had described. Below you’ll find the combined fruits of the labor of many people more creative then myself. Enjoy.

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Architecture In Helsinki, The Blow and FDR at Pearl Street Night Club

This past Wednesday, I once again ventured to The Pearl Street Night Club in Amherst, MA (my second visit in as many weeks) to see Architecture in Helsinki with The Blow and FDR. This show was in the “clubroom” (a.k.a. downstairs), which is significantly smaller then the Ballroom/upstairs and is more what I expect from a small rockclub – and by that I mean there are two columns in the middle of the room, partially obstructing the view of the stage from nearly all points at the back half of the room. The staff remained friendly, save for the bartender who sacrificed niceties in favor of the single-minded pursuit of serving drinks as quickly and efficiently as possible, and who can fault him for that?

First up was FDR, a man in a black suit, black shirt and black tie. Accomponied by only an iBook, he sang and played guitar and occasional precussion. My recollection was that his sound was pretty indie, but the heavy beats that he played over gave him a air of electronic or R&B. It took me a few songs to get into him, and just as quickly as I did, he was off the stage. Unfortunately, he didn’t plug a website, and his name is eclipsed by more well-known FDRs in google, so I don’t have any yummy linkage for him.

The second act was The Blow, consisting of Khaela Maricich and Jona Bechtolt (although Jona wasn’t present that night). I’ll admit that I hadn’t heard of The Blow before I saw that they were opening of AIH, but I did try to do a little research on them before the show and I absolutely fell in love after listening to Come On Petunia at The Blow’s MySpace page. Khaela was alone on stage with but a microphone (her ibook was off stage) and I’m not sure I can even describe the joy I experienced watching her sing and dance. I would be at the front of the line if Kheala were offering dance lessons. After her set I picked up her soon-to-be-released-but-available-for-purchase-now album Paper Television and got her to sign it for me. As a side note, until Paper Televison is released on the 24th of October, you can download all of The Blow’s album Poor Aim: Love Songs over at krecs.com.

At last the headliners, Architecture In Helsinki, took the stage. I was somewhat apprehensive because (in my mind anyway) The Blow is a tough act to follow. The warned us that they would be playing alot of songs off their upcoming album, and indeed they did, but they still managed to play almost all my favorite songs: It’5, Wishbone, Do the Whirlwind, The Owls Go, and Nevereverdid – Kindling being the only song that I left wishing I had heard. They had some technical difficulties; a keyboard fell over – I couldn’t tell if the stand broke or what – and about halfway through the show their monitors went out, depriving us of an encore at the end. The downtime was filled with improptu standup comedy from the audience members. The most interesting thing about the show was the swirling maelstrom that the band members formed as they rotated around the stage taking turns at the various intruments. I think I saw at least 3 different people play the drums and they have microphones at every station but they’re not just for backup singing.

Bottom lines: AIH puts on a great show, and I won’t hesitate to buy tickets to their show next time. The Blow: if they play anywhere in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut or Rhode Island, I will surely be there. Pearl Street Nightclub: Still one of the nicer little rock venues I’ve been to.

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Mason Jennings and Jennifer O’Connor at Pearl Street

Mason Jennings Friday night I drove down to Northampton, MA to see Mason Jennings play at the Pearl Street Night Club. I hadn’t seen Mason perform since the summer of 2002 as best as I can recall, and to be honest I hadn’t been keeping up with his new releases. When I saw him then it was him with his guitar and a mic, and some sort of bass acomponyment (I’m tempted to say it was a cello). Apparently these days he tours with a keyboard player, a drummer and a bass player. I don’t want to say it was bad. It wasn’t. It was very good, it just wasn’t lone folk hero that I started listening to 5 years ago and not what I was expecting to see. I found myself questioning several times, “Who does this guy think he is, John Mayer?”

Jennifer O'Connor The opening act, Jennifer O’Connor, was fab-u-lous. She has a clean, folk rock sound that I found refreshing. Her performance was right on. The harder rocking songs rocked my socks and the ballads moved me. My only criticism would be that she doesn’t act like the rockstar she is between songs. Maybe it’s a folk artist thing that they’re meek and quiet between songs. I bought one of her albums, Over the Mountain, Across the Valley and Back to the Stars and got it signed. I would have bought both the albums she had that night if I had the cash on me… A couple $4.50 bottles of Magic Hat puts an extreme dent into one’s merch money. Anyway, I got home after midnight and had to listen to the entire album before going to sleep.

Overall, I give Jennifer O’Conner a 4.5 out of 5 and Mason Jennings a 2.75 out of 5. I’m sure he worried about ostracizing his fan base when he added the rest of the band. I’m just one of those fans who was a little ostracized, albeit belated, since I hadn’t picked up any of his new stuff in quite some time.